A very interesting thing happened this year at CES: a few big companies have decided to round off their product lines according to the “three screens” mantra Microsoft made so famous. Vizio, for example, was previously only a television manufacturer. However, after CES they can add desktops and laptops to their resume.
Before:
After:
It’s not all that drastic, but it is interesting. Companies are making moves in territories previously unexplored in an attempt to round out their product strategy. However farcical as it sounds, I’d love to see the guy who owns a Lenovo tablet, television, and smartphone.
¹ – Sony previously had phones under the Sony Ericsson brand, but the “Ericsson” has since been dropped.
² – Lenovo announced a phone before CES (LePhone K2) that hasn’t made it to the United States.
³ – The Apple TV isn’t a TV, but it’s a TV component.
⁴ – Vizio announced phones last year at CES, but the company seems to have scrapped that project.
⁵ – Sony previously had phones under the Sony Ericsson brand, but the “Ericsson” has since been dropped.
⁶ – The Lenovo LePhone K800 has been announced for China.
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